Mentor: David Artis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Trainee: Steven Saenz, Graduate Student
University of Pennsylvania

Mentor: Lori R. Covey, Ph.D., Professor
Trainee: Anibal Valentin-Acevedo, Graduate Student
Rutgers University

Mentor: Donna L. Farber, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Trainee: John Teijaro, Graduate Student
University of Maryland

Mentor: Stephen M. Hedrick, Ph.D., Professor
Trainee: Roberto Tinoco, Graduate Student
University of California

Mentor: Elizabeth M. Hiltbold, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Trainees: Curtis Henry, Graduate Student, and
LaToya Mitchell, Graduate Student
Wake Forest University

Mentor: James W. Lillard, Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor
Trainee: LaSharon Mosley, Graduate Student
University of Louisville

Mentor: Ram Pyare Singh, Ph.D., Assistant Researcher
Trainee: Michelle Palacios, Undergraduate Student
University of California, Los Angeles

Mentor: Fernando Villalta, Professor
Trainee: Marisa Madison, Graduate Student
Meharry Medical College

CATEGORY II: TRAINEE-JUNIOR FACULTY AWARD

Margaret S. Bynoe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cornell University
Gregory B. Carey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
Claudia Diaz, Ph.D., Research Instructor, University of South Carolina
Marcella M. Flores, Graduate Student, Columbia University
Jennifer B. Hernandez, Graduate Student, University of California, Irvine
Tanisha A. Jackson, Graduate Student, University of Alabama
Patricia Kiesler, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Arizona
Juan S. Leon, Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University
Dennis J. Montoya, Graduate Student, University of California, Los Angeles
Thandi M. Onami, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee
Antonio J. Pagán, Graduate Student, University of Minnesota
Jacqueline Perez, Graduate Student, University of Kentucky
Udai P. Singh, FACS Lab Leader, Morehouse School of Medicine
Bolaji Thomas, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania